John O. Brennan

Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.

Where terrorists offer injustice, disorder and destruction, the United States and its allies stand for freedom, fairness, equality, hope, and opportunity.

I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.